USFWS National Digital Library

- Polar bear: Ursus maritimus
- Mammals; Polar;
- Polar bear: Ursus maritimus
- Documents
- Renford Talbert Williams oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Personnel; Wildlife refuges; Law enforcement;
- Renford Talbert Williams Oral history interview with Mark Madison and George Gentry. A man identified only as "Jerome" is also present, as is an unidentified female. Note: this is a recorded television conversation.
- Documents
- North American Waterfowl Management Plan oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Personnel; Waterfowl; Migratory birds; Management;
- North American Waterfowl Management Plan oral history transcript of panel discussions. The first discussion features Red Hunt, Harvey Nelson, Rollie Sparrowe, Dick Hopper, George Finney, and Bob Streeter (moderator). The second discussion...
- Documents
- North American Waterfowl Management Plan oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Personnel; Waterfowl; Migratory birds; Management;
- North American Waterfowl Management Plan panel discussion transcript with Bob Streeter (moderator), Paul Hartman, Carey Smith, Dave Paullin, Jerry Johnson, and Charles Baxter.
- Documents
- Pete Ward oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Waterfowl; Law enforcement; Art;
- Peter Ward oral history interview with an unidentified interviewer. It is unclear whether Mr. Ward was an employee with the Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Documents
- Richard Rodgers oral history narrative
- History; Personnel; Wildlife refuges;
- Richard Rodgers and Hope Rodgers oral history narrative. Also note that the transcript is for one tape, and the tape just ends, so it's incomplete.
- Documents
- Patricia (Pat) Maylone oral history transcript
- History; Biography; Fisheries management; Work of the Service; Personnel;
- Patricia (Pat) Maylone oral history interview as conducted by Dorothe Norton.
- Documents
- Oil slick comes ashore
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments
- A dollar is placed next oil washed up on the beach at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge to provide perspective. Oil began hitting the shores of Bon Secour in the late morning of June 11th.
- Images
- Oil slick comes ashore on Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments;
- Discolored seaweed and debris that came in contact with oil on Bon Secour.
- Images
- Oil slick comes ashore on Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Coastal environments;
- Gooey masses of oil such as this one will bake in the sun and turn into "tarballs," which are much easier for cleanup crews to deal with.
- Images
- Berm building in Gulf
- Oil spills; Oil spills; Employees (USFWS); Service patch;
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employee Mike Krebs uses a pump in the process of building a protective berm at the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The berm will act as a barrier if oil comes ashore.
- Images
- Bald Eagle
- Alaska; Kodiak Island; Raptors; Birds of prey;
- Bald eagle draws wings back as it comes into the nest for a landing. Bald eagles generally lay 2 to 3 eggs in a large nest made of sticks and smaller twigs in tall trees or on rocky cliffs.
- Images
- California gull
- History; Historic sites; Birds; Marine birds; Migratory birds; Shorebirds; Photography; Wildlife refuges;
- A Filney and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of California gull's in Klamath Marsh, 1905. "It seems to me that the gull is more nearly at the head of class than any other bird, when it comes to intelligence... he lives s simple, easy life,...
- Images
- CanWeGoOutside
- Camping; Children; Connecting people with nature;
- Children from the FWS's 2010 Wilderness Camp on Mt. Hood watch as the snow snow comes down and wait for their chance to "GO OUTSIDE".
- Images
- At the Forefront of Conservation: History of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Videography;
- A 16 minute video depicting the history of the US Fish and Wildlife Service from its beginings just after the Civil War through 2000.
- Videos
- Climate Academy: Carbon, Carbon, who's got the carbon?
- Videography;Webinar;climate change;
- Presented by Peter C. Girffith, Ph.D., NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Office, Goddard Space Flight Center. October 10, 2012.
- Videos
- America's National Wildlife Refuge System: Where Wildlife Comes First
- Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;Environmental Education;wildlife management;wildlife refuges;work of the Service;
- Wildlife plays the starring role on a stage of stunning habitats in this captivating story of American's National Wildlife Refuge System.
- Videos
- Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
- Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;waterfowl;wetlands;rivers and streams;wildlife refuges;education;
- Where Wildlife Comes Naturally. Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is just one of over 500 refuges located nationwide.
- Videos
- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
- Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;Environmental Education;wildlife refuges;wildlife conservation;
- Where Wildlife Comes First - Kenai National Wildlife Refuge covers over two million acres in south central Alaska. The refuge is home to: salmon, eagles, and trumpeter swans, moose, caribou, and Dall sheep, brown bear, lynx, and wolves.
- Videos
- Sacramento Valley Refuges
- Videography;u.s. fish and wildlife service;wildlife refuges;
- Unfinished Symphony. This video underscores the critical role people perform to ensure the perpetual maintenance of rare places in the Sacramento Valley where truly, wildlife comes first.
- Videos